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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: "baldwin.1onuigbo" <baldwin.1onuigbo@telstra.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:43:01 -0800
Subject: MY DEAR FRIEND




From: Mr. Baldwin Onuigbo (Bank Manager)
Diamond Bank PLC
Lagos Branch
Lagos, Nigeria
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS-: baldwin.1onuigbo@sify.com

Attention,

I am Baldwin Onuigbo , Bank Manager of Diamond Bank PLC, Lagos Branch.
I got
your contact address from the World Trade Center (W.T.C.) Regional
office in
Lagos, Nigeria.

Actually, I listed your name amongst four other names and prayed over
them
and God revealed you to me and I decided to contact you directly for a
very
urgent and confidential business proposition for our overall mutual
interest.

On June 7 1999, an American Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time
(fixed)
deposit for twelve Calendar months, valued at USD$25,000,000.00
(twenty-five
million dollars) in my Branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification
to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After seven months, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from
his
contract employers, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.
Barry
Kelly died in the Kenyan Airways (registration number 5Y-BEN) air crash
which departed from Nairobi to destination Lagos and all the family
died in
this fatal air mishap. On further investigation I found out that he did
not
leave a WILL and all attempt to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I
therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry
Kelly did
not declare any next of kin in all his official documents,
including his bank depositpaperwork.

This sum of USD$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the
interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No
one
will come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Law, at the
expiration
of 6 (six) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigeria
Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in
as the next of kin of Mr. Barry Kelly so that the fruit of this old man
labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.

This is simple;

1) I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names and
address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of kin.

2) We shall employ the services of two attorneys for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter
of
probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.

3) A bank account in any part of the world, which you can provide, will
then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin
of Mr. Barry Kelly. The money will be paid into your account for us to
share
in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as
all
the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of
this
transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via this
private email address. Upon your response, I shall then provide you
with
more details and relevant documents that will help you understand.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require
your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply, please save me the anxiety of endless
waiting.

God bless you.

Mr. Baldwin Onuigbo (Bank Manager)
Diamond Bank PLC

NB: For further verification, I advise you visit the website below:

http://www.aviation-safety.net/database/2000/000130-0.htm

Please indicate your willingness to proceed in this project and send me
your
private telephone/fax numbers to facilitate communication



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